Congratulations to Tyler and Janae Waite.  Their son, Gavin was born on  November 22, 2010.  He weighed 7 lbs 2 oz.  Welcome to the world Gavin - we're glad you are here!

Visiting Teaching

Please remember all your visiting teaching sisters during the holidays.  It is a lonely time for many of them and they need to know they are loved.   Please call in your reports to your supervisors as soon as you are done visiting and let them know of any needs.

Relief Society Christmas Activity

Plan to attend the Relief Society Christmas Activity - Dec. 2nd  6:30 PM
                 HAWAIIAN CHRISTMAS
       Dinner
       Cookie Exchange - get Recipes to Darla Nielsen by Nov. 28th so she can make up a recipe booklet for  
                                      everyone!
       Learn to HULA (If you are brave)
       Fun night for all the sisters in the ward!

Visiting Teaching Conference

The Visiting Teaching Conference that we recently assembled for on the 23rd of February was a lot of fun and a great opportunity for us to think about how we go about our Visiting Teaching personally.  Jodi Fuller and a cast of sisters put on a wonderful little skit that has made us all look at shoes a little differently!  The skit focused on different types of shoes as in sneakers, loafers, flip-flops, and high heels and related them to different strategies we might have as visiting teachers and how they each related to a "sore foot" or in this case... Sister Blister!  It helped us think about how we can improve ourselves by remembering that each of the sisters that we visit are indeed important "soles" and need our loving care.

Although it was a light-hearted evening, there were serious undertones that allowed us all to think about how we could do better with our partners to become the best visiting teachers possible. We wrapped the evening up with cake so beautifully made by Darla Nielsen and a chocolate fountain with fresh fruit! 

Thanks to all of those that attended and we hope to see everyone, including the ones that weren't able to make it to our other upcoming events! 

February Events

Hi Sisters!

Since it is the middle of the month already!?, only the current announcements will be posted.

           Visiting Teaching Conference - Monday, February 23rd @ 6:30pm at the ward building.  Please try your hardest to attend.  There will be a skit activity and wonderful information presented in the spirit of helping us understand our role as Visiting Teachers. 

            Winter Book Sale - For all of you that enjoy reading, the Downtown Library will be hosting a booksale in its lobby.  It may be worth your time to check it out! The times are as follows:

                        Wednesday, Feb 24th - 5-8pm - for Friends Members Only - a membership table will  be available from 4-5pm for those who would like to join the evening of the sale. 

                      Thursday and Friday, February 25th and 26th - 10am- 5pm - Sale is open to the  general public. 

         

                      Saturday, Feb 27th - 10am - 4pm -Sale open to the general public. $3 bag of  books special (bring a brown paper grocery bag and fill it with your choice of books for $3!

This blog posting will be updated if there is anything that needs to be added.  Thank you and have a wonderful rest of the month!  

February Book Club

This February marked the 3rd Anniversary for the Book Club!  It was a lovely get-together with a lot of new faces last Thursday!  After sharing books with one another, Marionberry pie and valentine treats were in order!  Thank you to all who came to support the Book Club and for all the new faces.  Hopefully for the next one, there will be even more!  Next month's book club will meet on Thursday, March 11th and we will be posting the names of the books reviewed and hopefully have some pictures! 

Book Club reminder

Sisters,

Tonight (Thursday Feb 11)  is the 3rd Anniversary of the Book Club!  Please come join us at the ward building @ 6:30.  Come join us whether you are currently reading a book or not and see what it is about... it is a great way to get to know each other and possibly become interested in a new book to read!  We hope to see you there!

January 2010 Cooking Class: Noquis (n-yo-keys) recipe

This is for all of you that may have missed the class and would like to try this recipe and for those of you that attended the class and may have lost your recipe.  A big thanks to Jodi Fuller who taught the class about how to prepare the Argentine dish of Noquis (n-yo-keys).  Enjoy!

Argentine Noquis (n-yo-keys)

(Italian: Gnocchi)

1 lb potatoes (about 3 medium size)
Salt
Pepper
Nutmeg
1 egg, beaten
1 to 1 1/3c all-purpose flour

Peel, cut, and boil potatoes until thoroughly cooked.  Drain and mash until smooth.  Season with salt, pepper, and nutmeg to taste and allow to cool.  Make a well in the center of the potaoes, add the beaten egg, and mix well.  Add the flour.  Work in by hand just until mixed.  (Warning: overworking the dough will make the noquis tough.)  If the dough is very sticky, gently stir in more flour.

Lightly flour a work space.  Using your hands, gently roll out pieces of dough into ropes about 1" in diameter.  Cut the ropes into 1" pieces.  With gentle pressure, roll each individual piece of dough over the tines of a fork.  (pressing gently with your finger to get an indentation from the tines and rolling it off the end of the fork to make the dough curl.) You may occasionally need to flour your fork or clean it if the noquis pieces are sticking to it.  Set the noquis aside on a baking sheet covered with parchment paper.

Drop the noquis into boiling salted water.  Cook until they rise to the surface (2-3 minutes).  Remove with a slotted spoon.  Toss carefully with sauce.  Serve immediately on a plate.  Makes 4 servings.  Note: uncooked noquis can be frozen.

Olie's Italian Red Sauce

1 yellow onion

1 carrot

1 large celery rib

2 Tbsp olive oil

1 can stewed tomatoes

Half & half or heavy cream

Dice the onion, carot, and celery. Saute the vegetables in the olive oil over medium heat until carrots are almost soft and onions are translucent.  Add tomatoes and 1/2 the juice.  Continue to cook until carrots are done.  Use a hand blender, blender, or food processor  until sauce is smooth.  Return it to the pan and add 1/4 to 1/2 cup of half & half.  salt to taste.  Can add al dente pasta (shells, spirals, linguini, etc.) and continue to cook in the sauce for another 2 minutes.  Serve hot and enjoy!

Welcome to Our New Relief Society Blog!

Welcome to our newly-developed blog for Spokane 2nd Ward's Relief Society of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints!  This will be a great place to keep you informed of all up-coming events.  When you arrive at this site, you will want to "subscribe by email" at the bottom of the page so that you will get regular emails when it is updated. There is also a place to leave comments! Please keep the comments appropriate! Since this site is so new, please be patient as we implement different things to customize it to ours/your liking over time.  For now, below is a list of January/February's upcoming events.  If any of you have suggestions of things that you would like to see on this blog, please don't hesitate to email us at "reliefsocietyward2@gmail.com".  Thank you so much, and for now... please enjoy!

EVENTS

Know Your Religion - For all single adults 30 and above. Held at the ward building on Thursday, January 28th @ 7pm. Brother Higbee will be speaking on the "Doctrines of Christ".

Stake Conference - Stake Conference is this coming Sunday, January 31st at the Stake Center.  It will begin at 10am until 12 noon.  There is a special session in the morning at 9am with President Tate for all new members newer than 2 years.  Saturday's session for adults is at 7pm Saturday evening at the Stake Center.

Book Club - Thursday, February 11th @ 6:30 at the ward building.

Visiting Teaching Conference - This is an event with the tentative date of  Thursday, February 18th.  Please keep an eye out for an exact date and time.. it will be coming.      

Reminders

Is your Visiting Teaching done? This is the last week of January! All of the routes have been re-done recently, so please call your new people and start your journey of getting to know them. Let's knit our hearts together as sisters by serving one another.  

The Lord has blessed women with divine attributes of love, compassion, kindness, and charity. Through our monthly visits as visiting teachers, we have the power to bless each sister as we extend our arms of love and kindness and give the gifts of compassion and charity. No matter what our individual circumstances are, we all have the opportunity to edify and nurture others.

          Silvia H. Allred, “Feed My Sheep,” Liahona, Nov 2007, 113–15